How emotions & anxiety lead to chronic symptoms: interview with Jim Prussack, MPT

In this interview with Jim Prussack, MPT, MMT ( @Healing Chronic Pain- The Pain PT ), we explore the connection between emotions and symptoms, how anxiety plays into all of this and Jim shares his experience and perspective specifically on chronic dizziness symptoms.

Learn more about Jim's approach on his YouTube channel,    / @thepainpt   the Pain PT, and on his website, https://www.thepainpt.com/

More about me and my work: https://thesteadycoach.com
Free Healing Chronic Dizziness course: https://thesteadycoach.com/free-course

00:00 Intro
03:30 Jim explains how he transitioned from a biomedical perspective to a mindbody approach
07:51 The types of diagnoses Jim works with and why symptom-based diagnoses are "just words"!
10:21 What modern medicine gets completely wrong & the most important question doctors don't ask
12:35 Emotional injuries and stress injuries are as important as physical injuries
14:00 Why do some people's symptoms become chronic?
16:11 Anxiety is often a reaction to life events
17:18 The anxiety that leads to symptoms does not always make people feel classically anxious
18:45 Are you conflict avoidant? (why jerks don't get chronic dizziness)
21:20 Chronic physical symptoms are usually emotion symptoms
23:22 Pain and other symptoms are REAL even when they have a nervous system origin
24:30 Just because you have chronic symptoms doesn't mean you have a mental health issue or are a nervous/neurotic person
26:17 Releasing emotions is important!
28:20 Jim's experience with clients with chronic dizziness and why he takes a mindbody approach to people with chronic dizziness diagnoses
31:51 Jim's belief that the way the symptoms manifest tells you about the feelings underneath them
33:00 "Danger mode" or fight/flight can affect any system in the body- example of long COVID patient
35:17 Why you might not feel anxious or emotional and still be affected by danger mode
36:16 Do people with chronic dizziness recover?
36:52 Personality traits that can also create "danger mode" and lead to symptoms
38:04 Emotions and their effects on the body are NORMAL
39:35 Why Jim likes working with the body when someone has chronic symptoms DISCLAIMER: Please note that Yonit Arthur, The Steady Coach and any of our other guests are not acting as an audiologist nor offering audiology or medical services services or advice on any public videos or on any other content. This channel provides wellness education and personal opinion only, and are not meant to be a substitute for medical or mental health instruction or intervention. Use any tools discussed at your own risk.